A vulnerability in the Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) offload implementation of Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Switches and Cisco Catalyst 4500-X Series Switches could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a crash of the iosd process, causing a denial of service (DoS) condition
Published Mar 28, 2018 ·Due Mar 17, 2022
8.6
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 7.74%
Description
A vulnerability in the Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) offload implementation of Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Switches and Cisco Catalyst 4500-X Series Switches could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a crash of the iosd process, causing a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to insufficient error handling when the BFD header in a BFD packet is incomplete. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted BFD message to or across an affected switch. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to trigger a reload of the system. This vulnerability affects Catalyst 4500 Supervisor Engine 6-E (K5), Catalyst 4500 Supervisor Engine 6L-E (K10), Catalyst 4500 Supervisor Engine 7-E (K10), Catalyst 4500 Supervisor Engine 7L-E (K10), Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 8-E (K10), Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 8L-E (K10), Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 9-E (K10), Catalyst 4500-X Series Switches (K10), Catalyst 4900M Switch (K5), Catalyst 4948E Ethernet Switch (K5). Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvc40729.
Affected products
- Vendor n/a Product Cisco IOS and IOS XE Defaultn/a
- Version Cisco IOS and IOS XEStatusaffectedConstraints-
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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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| n/a | Cisco IOS and IOS XE | n/a |
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Configuration 1
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Configuration 2
Running on/with
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Date Added
Mar 3, 2022
Patch Due
Mar 17, 2022
Required Action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA SSVC (Vulnrichment)
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA ADP.
Exploitation
ActiveAutomatable
YesTechnical Impact
PartialDecision
n/aAssessed Nov 8, 2024 · SSVC 2.0.3
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (22 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 7.74% (0.07742) | 94.45th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 7.75% (0.07747) | 93.85th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 7, 2026 | 14.50% (0.14503) | 94.31th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 21, 2025 | 11.22% (0.11218) | 93.21th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 18, 2025 | 4.07% (0.04074) | 87.41th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Sep 16, 2025 | 12.11% (0.12108) | 93.56th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 15.32% (0.15317) | 94.06th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 39.57% (0.39566) | 95.94th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 15.32% (0.15317) | 94.12th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.52% (0.00520) | 77.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 22, 2024 | 0.44% (0.00438) | 74.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 11, 2024 | 0.44% (0.00438) | 72.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 28, 2023 | 0.62% (0.00618) | 76.31th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.75% (0.00749) | 78.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 17, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 64.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 40.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.62% (0.01623) | 33.90th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 1.62% (0.01623) | 33.20th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 1.62% (0.01623) | 73.32th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.62% (0.01623) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (5)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103565 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040587 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-107-05 x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180328-bfd x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-0155 government-resourceUS Government Resource
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103565 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040587 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-107-05 | x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource | |
| https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180328-bfd | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-0155 | government-resourceUS Government Resource |
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